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Linda D. Urden; Kathleen M. Stacy; Mary E. Lough| All Chapters 1-
41| Original| Verified| Rated A+| Test Bank

, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1: Foundations Of Critical Care Nursing
Chapter 01: critical care nursing practice
Chapter 02: ethical issues
Chapter 03: legal issue
Chapter 04: genetic issues
Chapter 05: patient and family education
Chapter 06: psychosocial and spiritual alterations and management
Chapter 07: nutrition alterations and management
Chapter 08: pain and pain management
Chapter 09: sedation, agitation, and delirium manag ement
Unit 2: Cardiovascular Alterations
Chapter 10: end-of-life care
Chapter 11: cardiovascular anatomy and physiology
Chapter 12: cardiovascular clinical assessment
Chapter 13: cardiovascular diagnostic procedures
Chapter 14: cardiovascular disorders
Chapter 15: cardiovascular therapeutic management
Unit 3: Pulmonary Alterations
Chapter 16: pulmonary anatomy and physiology
Chapter 17: pulmonary clinical assessment
Chapter 18: pulmonary diagnostic procedures
Chapter 19: pulmonary disorders
Chapter 20: pulmonary therapeutic management
Unit 4: Neurologic Alterations
Chapter 21: neurologic anatomy and physiology
Chapter 22: neurologic clinical assessment and diagnosti c procedures
Chapter 23: neurologic disorders and therapeutic management
Unit 5: Kidney Alterations
Chapter 24: kidney anatomy and physiology
Chapter 25: kidney clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures
Chapter 26: kidney disorders and therapeutic management
Unit 6: Gastrointestinal Alterations
Chapter 27: gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology
Chapter 28: gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic
procedures
Chapter 29: gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management
Unit 7: Endocrine Alterations
Chapter 30: endocrine anatomy and physiology
Chapter 31: endocrine clinical assessment and diagnost ic procedures
Chapter 32: endocrine disorders and therapeutic management
Unit 8: Multisystem Alterations
Chapter 33: trauma
Chapter 34: shock, sepsis, and multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome
Chapter 35: burns
Chapter 36: organ donation and transplantation
Chapter 37: hematologic and oncologic emergencies

,Unit 9: Special Populations
Chapter 38: the obstetric patient
Chapter 39: the paediatric patient
Chapter 40: the older adult patient
Chapter 41: the paranaesthesia patient

, Unit 1: Foundations Of Critical Care Nursing
Chapter 01: critical care nursing practice
Linda d. Urden: critical care nursing: diag nosis and management 9th edition, test bank




Multiple choice

1. During World War II, what types of wards were developed to care for
critically injured patients?

A. Intensive care
B. Triage
C. Shock
D. Postoperative

ANS: c
During World War II, shock wards were established to care for
critically injured patients. Triage wards establish the order in which a
patient is seen or treated upon arrival to a hospital.
Postoperative wards were developed in 1900 and later evolved into
intensive care units.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 2 obj:
nursing process step: n/a top: critical care nursing practice
Msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment

2. What type of practitioner has a broad depth of specialty knowled ge
and expertise and manages complex clinical and system issues?

A. Registered nurses
B. Advanced practice nurses
C. Clinical nurse leaders
D. Intensivists

ANS: b
Advanced practice nurses (APNS) have a broad depth of knowledge and
expertise in their specialty area and manage complex clinical and
systems issues. Intensivists are medical practitioners who manage the
critical ill patient. Registered nurses (RNS) are generally direct care
providers. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLS) generally do not manage
system issues.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 5 obj:
nursing process step: n/a top: critical care nursing practice
Msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment

,3. What type of practitioner is instrumental in ensuring care that is
evidence based and that safety programs are in place?

A. Clinical nurse specialist
B. Advanced practice nurse
C. Registered nurses
D. Nurse practitioners

ANS: a
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSS) serve in specialty roles that use their
clinical, teaching, research, leadership, and consultative abilities. They
are instrumental in ensuring that care is evidence based and that
safety programs are in place. Advanced practice nurses (APNS) have a
broad depth of knowledge and expertise in their specialty area and
manage complex clinical and systems issues. Registered nurses are
generally direct care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPS) manage
direct clinical care of groups of patients.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 6 obj:
nursing process step: n/a top: critical care nursing practice
Msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment

4. Which professional organization administers critical care
certification exams for registered nurses?

A. State board of registered nurses
B. National association of clinical nurse specialist
C. Society of critical care medicine
D. American association of critical-care nurses

ANS: d
American association of critical-care nurses (AACN) administers
certification exams for registered nurses. The state board of registered
nurses (SBON) does not administer certification exams. National
association of clinical nurse specialists (NACNS) does not administer
certification exams. Society of critical care medicine (SCCM) does not
administer nursing certification exams for registered nurs es.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 7 obj:
nursing process step: n/a top: critical care nursing practice
Msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment

5. Emphasis is on human integrity and stresses the theory that the
body, mind, and spirit are interdependent and inseparable. This
statement describes which methodology of care?

A. Holistic care
B. Individualized care

, C. Cultural care
D. Interdisciplinary care

ANS: a
Holistic care focuses on human integrity and stresses that the body,
mind, and spirit are interdependent and inseparable. Individualized
care recognizes the uniqueness of each patient’s preferences, condition,
and physiologic and psychosocial status. Cultural diversity in health
care is not a new topic, but it is gaining emp hasis and importance as
the world becomes more accessible to all as the result of increasing
technologies and interfaces with places and peoples. Interdisciplinary
care is care among a variety of health care professionals with the
patient’s health as the common goal.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 12 obj:
nursing process step: n/a top: critical care nursing practice
Msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment


6. The American association of critical -care nurses (AACN) has
developed short directives that can be used as quick references for
clinical use that are known as

A. Critical care protocol.
B. Practice policies.
C. Evidence-based research.
D. Practice alerts.

ANS: d
The American association of critical-care nurses (AACN) has
promulgated several evidence- based practice summaries in the form of
“practice alerts.” Evidence-based nursing practice considers the best
research evidence on the care topic along with clinical expertise of the
nurse and patient preferences. Critical care protocol and practice
policies are established by individual institutions.

Pts: 1 dif: cognitive level: remembering ref: p. 9 obj:
nursing process step: n/a top: critical care nursing practice
Msc: nclex: safe and effective care environment

7. What type of therapy is an option to conventional treatment?

A. Alternative
B. Holistic
C. Complementary
D. Individualized

ANS: a

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